Old Hand Barber Co.

Larry Glasser.

Cutting hair since fifteen. Downtown since 2020.

10 Exchange St · Suite 203
Holy City Sinner · Oct 2020
Larry Glasser in the Old Hand Barber shop, 2020. Photograph: Holy City Sinner.

/ The Origin

From a family basement to 10 Exchange Street.

Larry Glasser has been cutting hair since fifteen — first out of his family's basement, then through an Associate degree in fine arts, then a BA in graphic design. The drawing eye and the cutting hand are the same eye and the same hand.

Nine years in Mt. Pleasant, building a chair-side practice across two decades of work. In 2020 — through the long March-to-May closure that reset the city — Larry opened the downtown shop in the former Carolina's Restaurant space at 10 Exchange Street, Suite 203.

One chair. Appointment-only. Blues or classic rock playing in the background. A small shelf of whiskey, pomade, and vintage tools that look like they came from a different century. The room is quiet. The cut is considered. You sit, you have a drink, and your grooming is in good hands.

/ His philosophy

"A good haircut is like a custom suit that's well contoured."
Larry Glasser

Holy City Sinner · October 2020

/ Press

In print.

October 2020 · Holy City Sinner

Charleston Barber Seeks Perfection

A feature on Larry's geometric approach to face-shape, the move from Mt. Pleasant, and the case for taking your time with a single client at a time.

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Come in.

Appointment-only via Square. Tuesday through Saturday.